BBC: Cuadrilla pulls out of Lancashire fracking site

Shale gas company Cuadrilla has pulled out of one of its potential fracking sites in Lancashire.

The company said it would not seek consent to frack for gas at Anna's Road in St Annes and would restore the site to its previous condition.

Cuadrilla's chief executive Francis Egan said the background to the move included "technical constraints related to wintering birds".

Anti-fracking campaigners said the company was not welcome in Lancashire.

Cuadrilla said other sites showed "greater potential at this time" and it would continue to assess other options for exploration.

Mr Egan said: "We are continuing our site selection assessment and will continue to keep local communities fully informed and engage with them on our plans as they develop."  MORE